House Roll Call 742, 105th Congress · April 29, 1998

Prohibit Federal Funds for Needle Distribution Programs — (HOUSE PASSED H. R. 3717 TO PROHIBIT THE EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEEDLES OR SYRINGES FOR THE HYPODERMIC INJECTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

287 yea · 140 nayPassed6 not voting or present

Democrat73 yea · 127 nay

Republican214 yea · 12 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3717 ↗

To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for the distribution of needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of illegal drugs.

Policy area: Health — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

Health CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”
model(0.90): Prohibiting federal funds for needle distribution restricts healthcare funding and coverage.
Tagged by: policy-area:Health
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (287)

Nay (140)

Not voting or present (6)

Bob BarrDid not vote
Herbert H. BatemanDid not vote
Julian C. DixonDid not vote
Henry Barbosa GonzálezDid not vote
Max A. Sandlin Jr.Did not vote
Robert Freeman SmithDid not vote

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.